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Introduction: A Brief History of College Football

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     Unbeaten Alabama exploded for 24 points in the second quarter of the national championship game played in the Rose Bowl at Pasadena, CA, and went on to a 37-21 victory over undefeated Texas to win its eighth national title in fewer than 50 years-but its first since 1992. Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram led the Tide with 116 yards and two touchdowns rushing, while Trent Richardson ran for 109 yards and two TDs (including a 49-yarder). Jordan Shipley had 10 pass receptions for 122 yards and a TD for Texas, which had to play most of the game without star quarterback Colt McCoy (who suffered an injured shoulder early in the game).

     Texas (13-1) finished second to Alabama (14-0) in the final major polls, with Florida (13-1) third, Boise State (14-0) fourth and Ohio State(11-2) fifth.

     Florida smashed unbeaten Cincinnati 51-24 in the Sugar Bowl as Tim Tebow passed for 482 yards and three TDs in his final college game. He also ran for 51 yards and another score. Riley Cooper had seven pass receptions for 181 yards for the Gators. Tony Pike passed for 170 yards and three TDs for the Bearcats, who finished 8th and 9th in the final polls with a 12-1 record.

     Unbeaten Boise State beat another undefeated team, Texas Christian, 17-10 in the Fiesta Bowl as Kellen Moore passed for 211 yards and Brandyn Thompson scored on a 51-yard pass interception return. Andy Dalton passed for 272 yards and a TD for the Horned Frogs, who finished sixth in the national polls with a 12-1 record.

     Ohio State ended Big 10 postseason frustrations with a 26-17 win over Oregon in the Rose Bowl as Terrelle Pryor passed for 266 yards and two TDs and ran for 72 yards. DeVier Posey caught eight passes for 101 yards and the Buckeyes' clinching TD. Oregon (10-3) finished 11th in the final national rankings.

     Other top-10 teams in the final rankings were Iowa (11-2), Penn State (11-2) and Virginia Tech (10-3). Iowa beat Georgia Tech (11-3) 24-14 in the Orange Bowl, Penn State edged LSU (9-4) 19-17 in the Capital One Bowl, and Virginia Tech rolled over Tennessee 37-14 in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl.

     In another bowl of note, Bobby Bowden finished his illustrious coaching career with Florida State's 33-21 upset of West Virginia in the Gator Bowl. The win kept the Seminoles (7-6) from exiting with a losing record. West Virginia (9-4) finished in the top 25 in both national polls.

     Four bowl games required overtime to determine the winner: Wyoming beat Fresno State 35-28 in two overtimes in the New Mexico Bowl, Auburn beat Northwestern 38-35 in overtime in the Outback Bowl, Arkansas beat East Carolina 20-17 in overtime in the Liberty Bowl, and Central Michigan beat Troy 44-41 in two overtimes in the GMAC Bowl.

     Texas QB Colt McCoy may have missed most of the national title game with an injury, but he pulled down four major individual awards for the season. McCoy won the Maxwell and Walter Camp awards as the year's outstanding player, and also took the Davy O'Brien and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm awards for quarterbacks.

     Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh also won four top awards: the Outland Trophy as the nation's outstanding interior lineman, the Vince Lombardi/Rotary Award as the outstanding lineman, and the Chuck Bednarik and Bronko Nagurski awards as defensive player of the year.

     Stanford running back Toby Gerhart, who finished second to Ingram in the closest Heisman Trophy race ever, won the Doak Walker Award for running backs.

Other top individual awards went to:

• Golden Tate of Notre Dame, Fred Biletnikoff Award for outstanding wide receiver;
• Aaron Hernandez of Florida, John Mackey Award for outstanding tight end;
• Maurkice Pouncey of Florida, Rimington Trophy as outstanding center;
• Rolando McClain of Alabama, Dick Butkus Award as outstanding linebacker;
• Eric Berry of Tennessee, Jim Thorpe Award as outstanding defensive back;
• Jerry Hughes of TCU, Ted Hendricks Award as defensive end of the year;
• Kai Forbath of UCLA, Lou Groza Award for collegiate place-kicker;
• Drew Butler of Georgia, Ray Guy Award as outstanding punter;
• Tim Tebow of Florida, Campbell Trophy as top scholar athlete.

     National Coach of the Year awards went to Brian Kelly of Big East champion Cincinnati, and Gary Patterson of Mountain West champion TCU.

College Football Fans

     The history of college football bowl games, including records, facts and anecdotes, can be found in Bowl Games: College Football's Greatest Tradition by Robert M. Ours, noted on this page with links to Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and publisher Westholme Publishing.

     The College Football Encyclopedia published in hardback and paperback in 1994 with CD-ROM updates through 2002, is no longer available except through used copies and second-hand bookstore outlets. The Encyclopedia, compiled by Dr. Ours, includes records through the 2001 season, with year-by-year scores of every game played by the 93 teams listed, star players yearly, conference titles won, bowl records, coaching records, top 25 national rankings, highest scores for and against, consensus All-Americans, Academic All-Americans, and much more.

     Also included are introductions to each of 9 major conferences, plus independents, including information on when the conference was formed, national championship teams and major individual award winners from that conference, plus anecdotal material involving members of the conference.

     More than 1,000 photos of past stars, representing each school listed, are included in the Encyclopedia.

     A special Appendix lists annual major individual award winners since 1935, team national champions since 1936, top coaching records, and team and individual single-season leaders in more than 20 categories.

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